Our Labor Day Utah Trip

So for Labor Day weekend we decided to go to Utah and see Ryan's family. We had a lot of fun. We went to a bunch of temples and took some great pictures. Went to the Planaterium in SLC which was so fun and played in the pool and got some more awesome pictures. You'll have to wait till Christmas time to see our best pictures we'll use them for christmas cards. I was so happy to have some great family pictures taken...Thanks Lamar.

Here is the girls visiting the moon

Here are the girls visiting Mars

Grams and Pops with the girls at the newest temple...Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Daddy and his girls at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple

The Gates Gang at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Yep this is cute but wait till you see at christmas time the cutest one of them all :)

Having 5 of us now to take pictures is quite the challenge. Most of the pictures Natalia was crawling out of them so some of them she just needed a prop to hold I didn't think she'd try to wear them :)

Trista was so cute and so excited to take pictures she is growing up way to fast

At the Mt. Timpanogos temple

Yep I love this one but wait till you see the perfect one that is one of my favorites...See Natalia is crawling away again :)

We all went to eat at Panda Express one of Ryan's favorite places to eat...Ashley and Bryce meet us there. The girls were so excited to show Uncle Bryce how they can use chop sticks.

More to come with Christmas cards :)

our end of aug first of sept fun

Here are some more interesting things that we have done...

Yep only in Idaho can Trista ride her bike and herd sheep :)

Trista and Vanessa cheering at their first official home game :) Vanessa was the oldest on this squad and totally took over.

So I go through stages of what movie I watch at night well lately it has been Toy Story 2 so when we were in Boise a few weekends ago we went to the Disney Store and Natalia did a V line for the Woody dolls and got so excited she didn't know what to do with herself and couldn't quit laughing it was so cute. Guess she is watching the show more then I thought :)

Vanessa on her first day of 3rd grade. Ya can't believe she is in 3rd grade and has the same teacher I had and she'll be 9 in a month so sad how time flies.

Trista off to her first day of Kindergarden. Ya I was sad but she is a pro since her teacher is the same as last year. She has grown so much this summer she is wearing pants that I bought Vanessa the beginning of 2nd grade ya I couldn't believe it either. Both of my girls did not want back packs with characters on them (without each other knowing) they both told me "mom I am way to old for that." well ok then :)

When we went to Cabela's we had to try on coon hats and of coarse the tounges were out through the whole store not just the picture.

August 2009

Since it has been forever since I actually was able to post to our blog I figured I better do it before I forget. August was so busy for us. We have no idea where the summer has gone because the kids are already back in school, which makes us sad because we love having them home. Vanessa is a big 3rd grader this year (has the same teacher I had in school) and Trista is a Kindergardener. Natalia hates when they leave and is always so excited to see them come home. Yep this past month I turned the big 28. I just wanted a nice relaxing day which wasn't because Natalia had gotton her shots the day before and was sick for my birthday :( but had a great day even at that. So here are a few things that we have done...

Vanessa in her cheer leading uniform she is loving being one of the older girls and being in charge...

the girls are cheering not for Wood River school but a private group based out of Hailey...Lots of boys are playing football for them and half the cheerleading squad is from Carey its been fun being the assistant coach for them this year.

Trista in her adorable uniform she is so loving cheerleading

Natalia thinks its a fun game to stand (starting the first of the month) she still only takes a couple of steps she prefers to crawl and I am not complaining at all she gets into enough trouble right now.

Natalia thought it was so much fun to get her kitty Carmel and push him around in Trista's shopping cart. We haven't figured out yet why the cat puts up with her but he does.

Since both the big girls were on the team the head coach had an outfit to small for anyone else and gave it to Natalia for the season. For the team pictures they put her right in the middle of the whole squad can't wait to see those pics. She is so cute she was a hit at the Gold Card Party all dressed up.

Our Little Miss all dressed up and heading to the doctor for shots. She did not like that idea at all.

The 3 girls in the yard playing. My dad gave them a few of these tunnels from the sheets of metal they came from they love it...the girls even got my mom's bum lamb to go through them.